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2024-03-31-accounts

Break (A company limited by guarantee)

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Charity number 286650 Company number 01699685

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Contents Page No.
Charity Reference and Administrative Details 1
Report of the Board of Trustees
(Including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) 2 - 17
Independent Auditor’s Report 18 - 21
Statement of Financial Activities
(Including Income and Expenditure Account) 22
Balance Sheet 23
Statement of Cash Flows 24
Notes to the Financial Statements 25 - 43

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CHARITY REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Charity Registration Number: 286650 Company Registration Number: 01699685 Registered Office and Schofield House Operational Address: 1 Spar Road Norwich Norfolk NR6 6BX

Board of Trustees

Sub Committee member Mrs B Hall B.Ed (Hons) NPQH, PgD, SSStJ (Chair) Ca, No Mr F M E Shippam FCA, DChA (Treasurer) Fi Mrs J Allan In Mrs N Bramford LLB Ca Mrs M Corti FCCA, MBA (resigned 04.01.24) Ca, No, Fi, Ri Mr N Dobson Fi, In Mr S Fowler TD, LLB (resigned 27.07.23) Ca, No Mrs S Harvey (resigned 17.07.23) Ri Mrs S Healey (appointed 03.04.24) Ri Mr T Krykant In Mrs P Ledward (resigned 07.03.24) Ca Mr G Lindsay (appointed 23.05.24) Fi, Ri Mrs A L Ovens FCCA, DiplFR, MIoD (resigned 17.07.23) Fi, In Mr J Sam MBCS, CITP, MIoD No, In, Ri Mr E Sutaria (appt 24.04.23,res’d 27.07.23)Ca, In

Sub committee groups:- Ca = Care, Fi = Finance, In = Income Generation, Ri = Risk HR & Governance, No = Nominations

Presidents and Co-founders

Mrs J A Davison Reverend Canon L J Morley

Chief Executive Officer

Ms R Cowdry BA (Hons), MA DipSW, Diploma

Executive Team

Mr A Flack FCCA (Director of Finance) Mrs R Leslie BA (Hons) MA DIPSW (Director of Care Services) Mr D Crouch BSc (Hons) (Director of Income Generation) Mr D Lummis (Assistant Director of Care)

Company Secretary

Mr A Flack

Auditor

Price Bailey LLP, Anglia House 6 Central Avenue St Andrews Business Park Thorpe St Andrew NR7 0HR

Solicitors

Butcher Andrews, 1 Old Post Office Street, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 9BL Clapham & Collinge, St Catherine’s House, All Saints Green, Norwich NR1 3GA

Bankers

Lloyds Bank plc, The Undercroft, Queens Street, Norwich, NR2 4SG

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (INCLUDING DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND STRATEGIC REPORT)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

The Trustees, who are also directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the audited financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2024 which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the financial statements and comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published in October 2019.

Trustees of the Charity

The Trustees who have served during the year and since the year end are shown on Page 1.

Objectives and Activities

The Memorandum and Articles of Association state that Break’s charitable objectives and principal activities are:-

The objectives and aims are achieved by the implementation of individual unit and departmental business plans.

The objectives have been met by providing the following services:-

Break’s policy is to work in partnership with Local Authorities, Housing Associations and other relevant agencies to provide the best possible service. We maintain strong working connections with Norfolk County Council Children’s Services and work closely with Cambridgeshire/Peterborough and Suffolk Children’s Services on a range of successful projects and commissioned placements.

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (INCLUDING DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND STRATEGIC REPORT)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Public Benefit Statement

The Board have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

In the terms of the Charities Act 2011, Break’s Objectives fall within two definitions of charitable activity, “the relief of those in need by reason of ill-health, disability or other disadvantage” and “the advancement of education”. On both counts Break provides benefits, irrespective of their financial circumstances, to a number of distinct groups of the public including: children and young people; families; and young people with learning and physical difficulties.

Detailed information on the services provided, and the benefits which accrue to the service users, is set out in this Report and on the Break website, www.break-charity.org

Strategic Report

A) Achievements and Performance

We support a wide range of young people across East Anglia to achieve great things. We are proud to push the boundaries of innovation. We have co-production at the heart of the services we provide for our young people, enabling them to influence both their own future and the development of our Charity.

OUR VISION

Break will strive to ensure all young people, whatever their start in life, have equal opportunities and the relationships they need to succeed.

OUR MISSION

Giving children on the edge of care, in care and leaving care the love, support and ambition they need

OUR VALUES

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A safe place to call home for looked after children

At Break we are proud that our children’s homes are somewhere safe that young people can call home, with adults who love, care and look out for them. We provide a home where young people can belong, begin to flourish and embrace their future with confidence and hope.

Every year we have young people move in and out of our homes but not our hearts. Although young people move on from our homes that is not where our support stops as we are with our young people through their life through our other services.

In the year, we cared for 17 (2023/23 - 21) young people within our four homes. All four of the homes are rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. Our average length of placement at the end of March 2024 was 2.1 years (2023 1.6), 4 of our current 13 young people living in our homes moved in over the last year. At 31 March 2024, 60% (2023/23 – 60%)of the young people living in our children’s homes were in full time education.

In 2020, Norfolk County Council recognised a requirement for more specialist services to meet the needs of the most complex young people in their care. We have two homes dedicated to this service in Norfolk and during the year were successful through a tender process to open 3 similar homes in Suffolk, 2 of which were operational at the year end, with the third to open soon after. These services offer solo placements and intensive support to young people in care who find it too difficult to live with other young people.

To deliver this more intensive service, the teams access comprehensive training programmes and develop their skills and confidence to meet the needs of young people. We have 4 young people currently within these services, the homes are rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

We work closely with Commissioning teams to ensure placements are suitable, a lot of emphasis is put into preplanning and with careful management and joined up working from the team around the child the transition for the young people is smooth and is a big factor in the successful transition. Break has worked in collaboration with the local authorities to manage and respond to high risks. The service along with all our other ones is supported by the Break Therapeutic Team where we discuss strategies and carry out reflective practice looking at what is going well and what we are finding difficult. The nature of the provision is that we do face a variety of challenging situations. This puts a lot of importance on a close and committed team which our teams do incredibly well.

Therapeutic Support

Break Therapeutic Services (BTS) has been at the heart of Break’s drive to move towards a more trauma informed way of working.

The team have increased their work within our homes. Working alongside children and young people who have experienced trauma is complex, requiring teams and professionals to remain empathetic, sensitive and focussed on the young people’s needs. For the staff team to do this, they need to understand where our young people’s struggles come from and that the behaviours we see are trauma responses. BTS practitioners spend time in our homes, providing reflective spaces to think about young people and their needs on an individual and team level. All staff receive a two-day Foundation Trauma and Attachment training course.

The team of therapists and social workers also offered support to children and young adults outside of Break’s homes who have had adverse childhood experiences, however these side of the work closed in the summer of 2023 due to increased costs in delivering this service not recovered from fee income

The Emotional Wellbeing Service supports care experienced young people to enjoy enhanced emotional wellbeing, improving their potential to access opportunities and successfully transition to independence. Referral routes include social workers, personal advisors from local authorities and young people accessing Break’s Staying Close Staying Connected (SCSC). The Emotional Wellbeing Service is a flexible service tailored to meet the need of our young people.

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Mentoring

At 31[st] March 2024 we had 18 mentors matched with young people and a further 20 going through our induction programme, whom we will be starting to match to young people over the coming months. Our mentoring programme offers positive outcomes and adds value for our young people. The young people Break support have had contact with care professionals throughout their lives. The young people report that they especially value their volunteer mentor who is choosing to be there for them. The aim is to empower young people to learn how to maintain a relationship, experience new activities and create a solid foundation to build their future self. Having someone outside their everyday network whom they can speak openly to and who support them in building their self-esteem, self-worth and confidence. Our aspiration is that all young people within Break will have access to a volunteer mentor.

As well as the core Mentoring Service we also facilitate Peer Mentoring. The focus of Peer Mentoring is for young people who have first-hand experience of living in care to share their stories and advice. Empowering those they speak with through shared knowledge, skills and being able to speak openly to someone who they can relate to.

Over the past 12 months we have seen several of our mentoring partnerships grow and adapt as they have supported the young person into independence. The mentor’s involvement in this process allows there to be a consistent figure of support for the young person.

Anna has become a calming influence on my life. She's helped me deal with situations in a different way than I used to. I will go to her for advice. She gives me the escape I need from everyday stress. She makes life a little easier. She's a great friend and a great listener. I've known her for almost 7 years! The more people you can get on the mentoring programme the better, I can safely say it has had a positive impact on me

Fostering

We provide long term therapeutic foster placements for children and young people between the ages of 3 and 18. During the year we had 14 (2023/23 – 13) young people in placements.

Our service offers predominantly intensive placements providing a family placement for young people who have experienced extreme trauma in their lives and cannot live in a “mainstream” foster home. Our team works hard to begin to heal some of the hurt through the relationships they build with the young people and through the therapeutic support offered.

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Staying Close, Staying Connected

Staying Close, Staying Connected (SCSC) offers a framework for young people as they leave residential care. As in the prior year, through funding from CHK Foundation, we have extended this offer to those leaving Foster care. SCSC offers the young people lifelong relationships.

The Department for Education Innovation Fund has supported the Break SCSC project since April 2018. Quarterly project boards with representation from our partners (Cambridgeshire County Council, Norfolk County Council and Peterborough City Council) have overseen the SCSC strategy and project direction.

In the year our SCSC service provided 23 houses and flats containing 37 beds across the region. Each house provided much-needed stability to young people as they moved on from their children’s home. In response to the needs of the service we now lease 10 (2022/23 – 4) one bed flats. Staying Connected coordinators continued to support young people to identify important people in their lives, and to find ways of building opportunities to engage with these people.

Lifelong Support – the Staying Connected Service

Since 2009, Break has charitably funded a service to support the transition to adulthood, and to provide a sense of stability for young people leaving Break’s care. The service ensures the young people have support to call on in times of crisis.

Support for families – Hazeldene

Break’s residential family Assessment Centre, Hazeldene, had for many years provided a safe environment for parents who have had difficulties in caring for their children. The demand for the service however over the last 2 years had started to tail off and a decision to close the service on 31[st] March 2024 was made. In the year, we supported 9 (2023/23 – 23) families.

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Services for Children and young people with disabilities

The Break services for children with disabilities gives young people access to opportunities to enable them to make progress. We operate three homes across Norfolk, together with a mobile service delivering in the community.

Nelson Lodge offers residential short breaks for children and young people with disabilities who live in Norfolk. The young people have time away from their families in a safe, secure environment while their parents and siblings enjoy a break from their 24/7 care responsibilities. Break’s skilled and dedicated staff support young people to enjoy a range of activities, building confidence, independence skills and helping to form friendships. The service also provides opportunities for our young people to have experiences that would otherwise be out of reach due to the challenges that their disability brings, this has included in the year trips to climbing walls, ski slopes and an indoor skydiving centre.

We provided short breaks for our 26 young people for a total of 1047 nights (2023/23 25/950). Many of our families report that without the support of our service, their children would be in full-time residential care, and due to the lack of availability this will often be in a different county. This year one of our young people got to experience being a zookeeper for the day, learning about and feeding various animals including a giraffe and a tiger. Another young person visited Legoland. The home has recently purchased a VR headset which will allow our young people to “experience” even more opportunities virtually such as concerts, skydives and trips to other countries. This will also benefit our young people that don’t know what to expect from a trip/activity and can do a practice run in the safety of our living room.

Morley House is a residential children’s home for young people with learning disabilities and complex needs. During the past year (23/24) we have supported 5 (2022/23 4) young people with everything they needed to lead happy, safe and enjoyable lives. We helped them to manage their wellbeing and health, work on their life skills, make choices and decisions to have fun in whatever they wanted to do. We have put a lot of effort in supporting their communication skills so they could tell us what they wanted us to do and what home they wanted to have. We did many miles going out for drives, doing big and small activities like trampoline parks, meals out, cinema or weekend away in a holiday resort. We supported them to spend quality time with their families, which is something that matters to them most. We encouraged them to engage and enjoy their education and development. We shared celebrating their achievements and big events like birthdays and Christmas.

In the past year we have found new forever (adult) homes for two of our young people who are very well settled. We have been preparing two other young people soon to follow the same transitions. At the same time, we have welcomed a new young person who we enabled to live again in his home county of Norfolk closer to his family after having to live for the past two years in a county 3 hours away. All transitions went very well, which was accomplished thanks to having great understanding of the young people’s needs and the relationships we have built with them.

Trafalgar Lodge is a children’s home which provides individually focused and child-centred professional care and support for children and young people who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and communication difficulties. Trafalgar offers a safe environment that is caring and homely. Young people can enjoy activities, are encouraged to make choices, pursue their wishes and achieve personal goals. During the year we supported 4 (2023/23 – 4) young people.

The Activity Breaks service came to a close at 31[st] March 2024, the service had provided young people with disabilities the opportunity to do many of the things their peers take for granted and that would otherwise be denied to them because of their disability. We provided a range of supported community-based activities that are centered around the young person and what they want to do.

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Pathways to Work – Opportunities team

Break knows how important it is to expand the horizons of our young people and support them to achieve their potential as care experienced young people aged between 16 and 20 are four times more likely to be unemployed than their peers. Break offers safe environments with appropriate support to enable our young people to explore, build skills, have great experiences, test ideas and experiment.

Our aspiration projects continue to offer new experiences and opportunities for our young people to try new things and develop their peer network. We have hosted 6 residential and camping events which give our young people the chance to co-produce their experience over several days and take part in all kinds of activities both indoors and outdoors and while developing life skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting and living together. They have been able to stay in some really amazing spaces from rolling fields to 500-year-old properties exploring the history of their local communities while bonding with their peers. One of the most exciting of our residential experiences was again our Excelsior sailing trip where our young people got the chance to spend a week sailing on a 100 year old fishing vessel. Through working together to ensure the ship was set up to sail the seas hoisting sails and navigating their way to Belgium and back they were able to bond as a crew, develop new skills, and make new friendships. They also got to explore a new country and experience a new culture. Over the year 29 (2023/23 – 36) young people from a range of our care services were able to access these residencies. All these activities give our young people the opportunity to build friendships and develop their support network with their peers. We have seen some great bonds develop over the year with many of our young people meeting up independently and socializing outside of our break events.

We continue to develop strong partnerships with other organisations which help us to deliver the aspirational work that we do, one of those is with Wrongs Covert where our young people get the opportunity to be in nature for the day or over a few weeks to understand conservation and to detox from their normal lives. Through facilitators at this site we can offer our young people opportunities to work in nature conservation and develop a site that they can continue to use for years to come. We were lucky enough run our greening communities project again this year where our young people worked first hand on building board walks and path ways to make this space more accessible, something they have been so proud of and which has led to even more opportunities for volunteering and employment in the local community.

During the course of the year the coffee van has attended over 59 events from small car park gatherings for some of our corporate supporters, working with our fundraising team to support the art trails and marathons, as well as large weekend long festivals allowing more and more young people to get involved. We have been able to upgrade our set up allowing us to say yes to different types of event in the future. We have continued to work with our young people providing coffee making workshops with all of our care services including fostering SCSC and residential giving 24 young people the chance to give this experience a go. We have delivered barista training sessions for 7 young people and offered work to 9 young people (2022/23 4/5).

We continue to see our young people moving through our employment pathways and realizing the benefits of going to work and we are so pleased that over the last year we have seen 2 of our young baristas move onto new jobs or apprenticeships as well as provided continued support to our young people in work who need help and advice on how to deal with the different challenges they face

Our construction workshop gives our young people the chance to develop their skills in construction and explore the potential careers on offer there. The project has supported 14 (2023/23 – 10) young people to access taster sessions inbrickwork and carpentry, as well as completing small projects within the Charity’s homes. The workshops have also provided more long term support to both young people within Break as well as other care experienced uoung people in Norfolk. The project supported our young people to engage in their local community by volunteering with different construction projects across Norfolk.

Over the course of the year Our lifelong opportunities team has supported 74 (2022/23 – 64) different young people through 315 (2022/23 – 188) different activities and provided 3,200 (2022/23 - 4,000) of supported hours.

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Our Shops

Break’s shops are valuable assets for the Charity. They generate income to help fund our charitable services and provide vital links with the local community, offering opportunities for people to support our work by donating goods or volunteering their time. Our volunteers are able to give something back, learn new skills and meet new people within a friendly environment. We are grateful for the many good quality donations of clothing, household items, toys and books we receive which we sell in our shops. Items not suitable for sale are recycled whenever possible to avoid them going to landfill.

During the year 712 (2023/23 – 712) volunteers worked in our shops.

At the year end, Break had 46 shops with many of them operating an online operation out of them, 31 in East Anglia and 14 in the West Country. Our newest shop opened in April 2024 in Horstead.

Fundraising

Much of the support offered by Break to children, young people and families is funded by charitable income from fundraising. The team developed some key income streams encompassing:

Trails - The project team's focus this year has been our second trail in Cambridge which launched in 2023 with the trail going live on the streets in March 24, with an auction of the Sculptures to take place in June 2024. At the same time the Norwich 2025 trail was launched.

Corporate - As well as engagement in trails, there has been a continued growth of corporate relationships and developing new partnerships across the region and support from a variety of sectors. This has resulted in an increase in corporate donations, in kind support, charity of the year partnerships and volunteering.

Events - We continue to focus on our most successful regular and popular events, alongside the introduction of new challenges and activities to extend our reach across our region. This has led to increased individual engagement and participation and great return on investment.

Individuals and Community - We continue to develop this area and have been working to reignite e-newsletters for supporters and are working to engage with a wider community beyond just Norwich.

Trusts and Foundations - Support from trusts and foundations is invaluable to our work with children and young people. We are working with local Norfolk and Cambridgeshire trusts and national grant-makers. These donations fund project work which is supporting children and young people with a care background to achieve successful life paths and challenge the national statistics of poor outcomes. Trusts and foundations are also supporting Break to test new project initiatives and gather evidence which contributes to bigger projects and can lead to systemic change for care services nationally. Please contact us if you are a trust that aligns with our work as we would be grateful to start a conversation on how we can work together to make a meaningful difference.

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The table below shows some of the restricted grant funding we received in the year following successful grant applications.

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Funder Break Service Amount
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Staying on Track £93,985
CHK Foundation Staying Close, Staying Connected - £92.550
Fostering Futures
The Thompson Family Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £50,000
Norfolk Construction Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £35,372
Norfolk Community Foundation – Through the Love Opportunities Team/ Coffee van £10,000
Norfolk Fund and the West Norfolk Employment Fund
Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £19,000
The John Horseman Trust Opportunities Team £18,000
The Paul Bassham Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation Mentoring £10,000
The Linder Foundation Opportunities Team £10,000
The Ranworth Trust Opportunities Team £10,000
Norfolk Community Foundation through the Public Mentoring £12,650
Health – Empowering Communities for Mental
Health and Wellbeing Fund & Co-Op Community
cares fund
The Ellerdale Trust Opportunities Team £6,000
The Whirlwind Trust Opportunities Team £5,674
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation Staying Close, Staying Connected £5,400
Norfolk Community Foundation through Sir Norman Opportunities Team £5,000
Lamb Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
Salter Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £5,000
Hays Travel Opportunities Team £5,000
The Hodge Foundation Opportunities Team £5,000
RYA Foundation Opportunities Team £3,340
The Paget Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £3,000
The Percy Bilton Charity Morley House – Sensory room £3,000
Lady Hind Trust Opportunities Team £2,500
The Nineveh Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £2,500
The Alan Snudden Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £2,000
The Benham Charitable Settlement Opportunities Team £2,000
The Annie Tranmer Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £2,000
The Spurrell Charitable Trust Opportunities Team £2,000
The Hobson Charity Morley House £2,000
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We would also like to thank the following supporters of Break where the value of support has exceeded £5,000 Adrian Flux Insurance Group Grafton Centre

Adrian Flux Insurance Group Grafton Centre Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust Frand Arcade AAlAlan Boswell Insurance B ll I Hill Residential Ltd Anglia Ruskin University Hilton Cambridge City Centre Bridge Partners Milton Hall Cambridge BID Novotel Cambridge Cambridge City Council Paragraph Publishing Cambridge Independent Pentaco Construction Limited Cambridge Music QD Stores Carter Jonas Railpen First Copy The Perse School Foraspace University of Cambridge GEANT Welch Transport Gonville Hotel Xaar Plc

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B) Financial Review

Results

Break incurred a deficit of £308k (2022/23 (£504k)) in the year. The total loss for the year was comprised as follows:-

The value of net assets decreased from £5,429k to £5,121k. Of these, unrestricted funds accounted for £5,001k (2022/23 £5,314k) (including designated funds of £428k (2022/23 £808k) and a revaluation reserve of £662k (2022/23 £662k)).

During the year Break closed 2 services that were no longer financially sustainable, Hazeldene and Activity breaks. Within the income for the year £737k relates to those 2 projects and £1,047k of expenditure.

Reserves Policy

Free reserves are unrestricted funds that are available to be spent on any of the Charity’s objectives. Tangible fixed assets, and the connected bank loans, are not included in free reserves as these assets are essential to the Charity’s activities. Their disposal would adversely impact the Charity’s ability to deliver its aims.

The level of free reserves is set by the Board of Trustees on an annual basis and regularly monitored throughout the year. Action is taken if actual free reserves fall significantly outside the target level established. The Finance Committee reviewed the Reserves Policy in February 2024 alongside the budget for April 2024 to March 2027 and recommended to the Board of Trustees a target for free reserves of £1,026k.

In determining the level of free reserves, Trustees consider the financial impact of the risks facing the Charity, including the loss of income from partner agencies and voluntary donations, and balance the need to hold sufficient reserves to enable the Charity to:

Free reserves as at 31 March 2024 were £703k (2022/23 £1,061k). Free reserves were lower than the policy, due to the closure of Hazeldene in March 2024 and the use of reserves to upfront fund the new tender contracts that included the purchase a property against using loan financing, due to the increased interest rates in the year. The Charity’s reserves will increase in 2024/25 back in line with the Charity’s policy.

As at 31 March 2024, the Charity had Designated Funds of £428k (2022/23 £808k). Designated Funds are funds set aside by the Trustees out of unrestricted funds to support specific future purposes and projects. Details of the Designated Funds, together with movements during the year, are given in Note 20 to the financial statements.

As at 31 March 2024, the Charity had Restricted Funds of £120k (2022/23 £115k). Restricted Funds are funds received for undertaking an activity specified by the donor when making the gift, or may result from the terms of an appeal for funds. Details of the Restricted Funds, together with movements during the year, are given in Note 20 to the financial statements.

Funding Sources

Break has three main funding sources; service level agreements and spot purchase contracts from local authorities, retail and fundraising.

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Investment Policy

The Charity holds cash to fund expenditure in the short and medium terms. The cash is held on deposit accounts as capital preservation is of particular importance, as is the ready availability of a substantial proportion of the assets to meet immediate cash flow requirements. Given these parameters, the Charity seeks to produce the best financial return within an acceptable level of risk. In implementing the Investment Policy, the Charity will have regard to the spread of risk, future liquidity requirements and ethical considerations. The treasury and investment position is regularly reported to and monitored by the Finance Committee.

Principal Risks and Uncertainties

The Trustees undertake continual assessment of the principal risks facing the Charity and are satisfied that adequate controls and procedures are in place to mitigate these risks. The Risk, Governance and HR committee is responsible for overseeing the approach to risk across the whole of the Charity’s activities. During the year the Charity reviewed and revised its risk management system to aid improved reporting at both operational and strategic level whilst continued assurance that all risks are assessed and reported. All risks identified are logged and initially assessed as a risk (with no mitigation), mitigations and controls are then applied with the aim of reducing the risk to an acceptable level.

Risks are scored on impact and likelihood which give an overall risk score. Any risk scoring over 16 is reported to the board through the agreed board reporting processes, operational risks are managed by the relevant manager. The Executive review the risks on a fortnightly basis. Board sub committees review their strategic risks at their meetings during the year.

The key risks identified by the Trustees are:

All the above risks have been reviewed by the Trustees during the year, who consider that the controls and mitigations in place for each risk area is appropriate. Measures that are in place to mitigate the above key risks include:-

The strategic risk analysis is reviewed by the Trustees on an annual basis.

Key Performance Indicators

Trustees monitor the Charity’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on a regular basis. If a situation arises, as happened during the pandemic, meetings are increased in frequency to enable a closer level of scrutiny during those times. The financial KPIs are reviewed periodically and the results reported through the Management Accounts. The KPIs include performance against budget, occupancy, net current assets, reserve levels and staff costs compared with income.

Going concern

The Trustees have carefully considered all available information impacting the finances and operations of the Charity for 12 months from the date of this Report. Information from budgets and forecasts for income, expenditure and cash-flow, including the availability of unrestricted funds and reserves, credit facilities and any other forms of financial assistance have been considered. The Trustees are confident that there are no going concern issues.

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C) Plans for future periods

The Trustees anticipate a challenging year ahead for the Charity in light of current highs in interest rates and the continued cost of living having an impact on our young people leaving care, together with rises impacting expenditure which is not always matched in the income we receive, especially that which is restricted by contractual terms.

We have continued to see strong returns to our income streams from our retail and fundraising activities, sustaining these levels is key.

Our Strategy 2023-2026

The Board have signed off a three-year strategy focussed on four themes: Relationships, Quality, Ambition and Added Value. We will drive our charitably funded services to ensure that we continue to pioneer and innovate. We will do this by:

Our 2024-25 activity will include:

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D) Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

Break is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales on 15 February 1983 and registered as a charity on 6 May 1983. Break’s Memorandum of Association establishes its objects and powers, which are governed under Break’s Articles of Association. In the event of the Charity being wound up, the members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.

Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees

The directors of the company are Trustees for the purpose of charity law. It is the Board of Trustees’ collective responsibility to ensure that the Charity is fit for purpose and to determine and support its strategic direction in order to enable it to attain its stated objective. The Charity follows the Code of Governance for the Voluntary and Community Sector.

New appointments to the Board are made after completion of a Trustee skills gap analysis and an open recruitment process to attract volunteers with appropriate skills. In accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association a third of all Trustees in office are required to retire each year. The Trustees who are required to retire by rotation are those who have been longest in office since their appointment or reappointment. The Trustees take into account the Charity Commission’s recommendation that the total length of office should not normally exceed nine years; however, the total period of appointment may be varied in any particular case if the other Trustees then serving at the time determine that it would be in the interests of the Charity to do so. The names of all Trustees are listed on page 1.

Trustee Induction and Training

All Trustees receive a full induction pack and training needs are assessed periodically.

Organisational Structure

The Board may delegate any of its powers to any committee consisting of one or more members of the Board or Executive Officers. Break has 4 sub-committees on Finance, Income Generation, Care Services, and Risk, Governance and HR. These are chaired by Board members and involve Executive Officers and some of the wider staff team.

The Governance and Management Structures operate under the shared principles of:

Trustee attendance

During the year there were a total of 18 (2022/23 18) Board and sub-committee meetings, overall attendance at the meetings was 89% (2022/23 83%).

Pay policy for key management personnel

The key management personnel are paid on Grades 1-3 of a 7 point ranking that is used for all managerial and administrative support staff. The grades all have a scale with a minimum appointment rate, standard job value and maximum job rate. Progress towards the top of the scale is through performance not length of service.

An Executive Pay Committee, with Trustee input, determines any performance related pay increases for Grades 3- 7. Pay increases for the CEO and Directors (Grades 1 and 2) are determined solely by the Trustees and limited by the confines of the scales that are transparently published within the Charity.

No bonuses are paid to key management and employer pension contributions are set at 5% of salary for all eligible Break employees.

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (INCLUDING DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND STRATEGIC REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Risk Management

The Trustees believe that the major risks to which the Charity are exposed to have been identified, reviewed and assessed. Systems are established to mitigate those risks, The principal risks and uncertainties and the response to specific risks are set out on Page 12.

Fundraising Practices

Break manages all its fundraising activities in-house and does not use external, professional fundraisers. Members of Break’s fundraising team organise and support fundraising events and activities for our corporate, community and individual supporters. Commercial participators are exclusively involved with the GoGoSculpture trails by written agreement with Break. Break complies with the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice.

No complaints about fundraising activity were received in the year (2022/23 – none).

Break has signed up to the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. All of Break’s fundraising guidance and working practices are compliant. Some of the staff in the fundraising team are also individual members of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. Volunteer fundraisers are given a full induction and briefing before they raise funds for Break.

All direct marketing is undertaken by the fundraising department. It is neither unreasonably intrusive or persistent and is only sent to people who have consented to engage with Break. Break never make cold calls. All marketing material or information sent from Break contains clear instructions on how a person can remove themselves from mailing lists. All of Break’s processes are GDPR compliant. Break’s work is with vulnerable people and Break has an agreed operating procedure to protect vulnerable people. All Break’s fundraisers are familiarised with the Code of Fundraising Practice to ensure that it is applied properly.

Staff and volunteers

Break’s staff and volunteers are critical to the ongoing success of the Charity. Their time, skill, passion and dedication ensure Break is able to deliver the best possible services for the children and families supported. Break’s volunteers continue to provide invaluable input throughout the Charity, but especially to the retail operations. A conservative estimate of their contribution to the Charity is equivalent to £300,000 (2022/23 - £325,000) of paid salary hours.

Employee engagement

Break actively encourages the engagement of employees and welcomes constructive comments on the running of the Charity. The principal structure for this is the Staff Consultation Forum, a staff body of 25 representatives from all disciplines, departments and services. The Forum meets three times a year and is attended by senior members of the Executive and Trustees.

We also carried out an Employee Engagement Questionnaire this year and, based on the feedback, have changed the way we work. Some of the changes we made are:

Break was reviewed and awarded a Gold standard by Investors In People this year and we continue to develop our engagement activity through well-being groups, staff champions and regular communication of key messaging.

Break continued the communication with employees and volunteers during the year. The frequency of a news update from the CEO remained weekly. The Director of Care also reports on a weekly basis to all colleagues in care services covering achievements and activities in the division. We have migrated to Microsoft 365 over the last 6 months and this has worked well. Our next steps are to fully integrate its use for version control, team working and internal communications.

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (INCLUDING DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND STRATEGIC REPORT)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Policy for employment of disabled persons

Break welcomes applications for employment from all prospective employees regardless of disabilities. Break is committed to developing practices that not only meet the requirements of equalities legislation but which actively promote equality of opportunity and maximise the abilities, skills, and experience of all employees. Break already has the Department for Work and Pensions designation of “Disability Confident – Committed” and is working towards recognition at an enhanced level of this scheme.

Break’s commitment is to ensure that employees are managed in an inclusive way, taking into account individual differences and giving employees the confidence to disclose a disability should they so wish. If an employee discloses that they have a disability or become disabled during the course of their employment we will engage in a discussion with them to determine what they need to be successful in their role and seek to make reasonable adjustments to facilitate this. These could include, for example, training, specialist technology or equipment. In deciding what is reasonable, the practicalities and resources available to Break, including through the government funded “Access to work scheme”, are taken into account.

The Environment

We are committed to improving our environmental awareness and reducing the impact of the Charity on our environment, both now and in the future. We recognise climate change is one of the most serious environmental challengers currently threatening the global community and we understand we have a role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

We are continuously monitoring the way in which we work and taking on learnings to improve and adapt those ways to have a more positive impact on the environment, these include

We have mapped 12 months of continuous consumption data for of our premises the table below details the usage across the Charity. The period covered was the calendar year to 31 December 2023. The BEIS’ greenhouse gas conversion factors for company reporting, published in June 2023 were used in the calculations. The main increase in usage relates to travel, this has increased as we are visiting our young people more often than we did when we came out of lockdown to give them the 1:1 in person support that helps make a difference to them.

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Jan – Dec 2023 Jan- Dec 2022
Use in Kwh Carbon Emissions Use in Kwh Carbon Emissions
tCO2e tCO2e
Total electric use 737,615 153 765,808 159
Total gas use 548,321 126 459,577 106
Total transport fuel 256,777 173 151,044 151
Total energy from other fuels 172,721 38 203,775 45
Total energy use (all sources) 1,715,434 490 1,580,204 461
Total estate size 12,124sqm 12,007sqm
Carbon intensity ratio 40.41KgCO2e per sqm 38.37KgCO2e per sqm
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We will map out where investment can be prioritised to achieve greatest impact as part of our facilities review plan. Further work needs to be done to routinely monitor water consumption and waste to further stretch our environmental impact reduction targets. We will be looking at our procurement of services and how we can improve our impact on the environment.

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (INCLUDING DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND STRATEGIC REPORT)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees (who are also directors of Break for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Board and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Board of Trustees are required to:

The Board of Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Auditor

Following a competitive tender process in 2023 the Board appointed Price Bailey LLP as the Charity’s auditors from the year ended 31 March 2023 and will recommend to the AGM that they should continue to be engaged as auditors for the forthcoming year.

Disclosure of information to the auditor

We, the directors of the company who held office at the date of approval of these Financial Statements as set out above each confirm, so far as we are aware, that:

We have disclosed to the company’s auditor all forecasts and workings based on current knowledge and actions, including the effect on cash flow, reserves and funds, to validate our conclusion that Break’s accounts should be prepared on a going-concern basis.

The Board of Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

In approving the Trustees’ Annual Report, we also approve the Strategic Report in our capacity as company directors.

Approved by the Board of Trustees on 15[th] July 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

Bev Hall (Mon, 23rd Sep 2024 12:38:26 BST)

Beverley Hall, Trustee

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Break (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the trustees annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

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Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report and the directors’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed auditor under the Companies Act 2006 and report in accordance with this Act.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the charity and how it operates and considered the risk of the charity not complying with the applicable laws and regulations including fraud, in particular those that could have a material impact on the financial statements. This included those regulations directly related to the financial statements. In relation to the charitable company this included employment law, financial reporting, data protection and health & safety.

The risks were discussed with the audit team and we remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. We carried out specific procedures to address the risks identified. These included the following:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/Our-Work/Audit/Audit-and-assurance/Standards-and-guidance/Standards-andguidance-for-auditors/Auditors-responsibilities-for-audit/Description-of-auditors-responsibilities-foraudit.aspx. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members and its trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body and the charitable company’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Aaron Widdows ACA FCCA Senior Statutory Auditor

For and on behalf of PRICE BAILEY LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors

Anglia House 6 Central Avenue St Andrews Business Park Thorpe St Andrew Norwich NR7 0HR

Date: 23 September 2024

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Note
Unrestricted
Funds
Designated
Funds
Restricted
Funds
£000
£000
£000
Income from:
Donations and legacies
2
356
244
1,020
Charitable activities
3
8,409
-
557
Other trading activities
4
4,679
1
-
Investments
5
40
-
-
Other
6
1
-
-
Total
13,485
245
1,577
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
7
4,483
269
-
Charitable activities
7
9,075
172
1,606
Total
7
13,568
441
1,606
Net expenditure
(83)
(196)
(29)
Transfers between funds
20
150
(184)
34
Losses on revaluation of
fixed assets
12
-
-
-
Net movement in funds
67
(380)
5
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
4,506
808
115
Total funds carried forward
20
4,573
428
120		 2024
Total
£000
1,620
8,966
4,680
40
1
15,307
4,752
10,863
15,615
(308)
-
-
(308)
5,429
5,121		 2023
Total
£000
1,988
7,754
4,576
23
5
14,346
4,333
10,168
14,501
(155)
-
(349)
(504)
5,933
5,429

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities

The notes on pages 25 to 43 form part of these financial statements

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COMPANY NUMBER:01699685

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 March 2024

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
12
Investments
13
Current assets
Stock
14
Debtors
15
Cash at bank and in hand
16
Current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
17
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Long-term liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than
one year
18
Total net assets
The funds of the Charity
Restricted funds
20
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
20
General funds
20
Revaluation reserve
20		 2024
£000
£000
3,862
8
3,870
1
1,687
710
2,398
(984)
1,414
5,284
(163)
5,121
120
428
3,911
662
5,001
5,121		 2023
£000
£000
3,437
8
3,445
-
1,233
1,638
2,871
(685)
2,186
5,631
(202)
5,429
115
808
3,844
662
5,314
5,429		 2023
£000
£000
3,437
8
3,445
-
1,233
1,638
2,871
(685)
2,186
5,631
(202)
5,429
115
808
3,844
662
5,314
5,429
3,445
2,186
5,631
(202)
5,429
115
5,314
5,429

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 15[th] July 2024.

Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees

Beverley Hall, Trustee

Bev Hall (Mon, 23rd Sep 2024 12:38:26 BST)

Frank Shippam, Trustee Frank Shi am pp Frank Shippam (Mon, 23rd Sep 2024 10:35:43 BST)

The notes on pages 25 to 43 form part of these financial statements

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CASH FLOW STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024


Note

Cash flows from operating activities
23
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Proceeds from the sale of tangible assets
Interest paid
Interest received
Net cash flow from investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayment of mortgage
Net cash flow from financing activities
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2024
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2024
Cash and cash equivalents consist of:
Cash at bank and in hand
Short term deposits
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2024		 2024

£000

(471)
(440)
-
(13)
40
(413)
(44)
(44)
(928)
1,638
710
246
464
710		 2023
£000
(271)
-
7
(19)
23
10
(203)
(203)
(464)
2,101
1,638
142
1,496
1,638

The notes on pages 25 to 43 form part of these financial statements

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

1. Accounting Policies

The Charity is a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Schofield House, 1 Spar Road, Norwich, NR6 6BX.

The principal accounting policies, judgements and key sources of estimation and uncertainty adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a) Basis of preparation

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2020, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The Charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the Charity and rounded to the nearest £000.

b) Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable in the circumstances. The most significant of these judgements relates to the valuation of the Charity’s properties as per accounting policy g) below

c) Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist.

In particular, the Trustees have carefully considered all available information about the effect of inflationary pressures on the finances and operations of the Charity for 12 months from the time of approving these financial statements. The Trustees have had regard to information from budgets and forecasts for income, expenditure and cash-flow, including the availability of unrestricted funds and reserves.

The Trustees consider that the budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the Charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

d) Group financial statements

The Charity's subsidiary company remained dormant for the year ended 31 March 2024 and has therefore not been consolidated.

e) Income

All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the Charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Income is allocated as unrestricted and restricted in accordance with fund accounting rules. Analysis of restricted funds is detailed in note 20.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

1. Accounting Policies (continued)

The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Income from donations and legacies includes grants and donations and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable.

Legacies are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the Charity becomes aware of its entitlement to the gift and the amount involved can be quantified, entitlement is the earlier of the Charity being notified of an impending distribution or the legacy being received. At this point income is recognised. On occasion legacies will be notified to the Charity however it is not possible to measure the amount expected to be distributed. On these occasions, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed.

Government grants are received in respect of the Staying Close Staying Connected project. Income from government and other grants are recognised at fair value when the Charity has entitlement after any performance conditions have been met, it is probable that income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. If entitlement is not met, then these amounts are deferred.

Donated goods, facilities and services are recognised in income at their fair value when their economic benefit is probable, it can be measured reliably, and the Charity has control over the item. Fair value is determined on the basis of the value of the gift to the Charity, for example the amount the Charity would be willing to pay on the open market for such facilities. A corresponding amount is included in expenditure.

Clothing and other items donated for resale through the Charity's shop are included as income within other trading activities when they are sold.

Income from investments is included when receivable.

Income from other trading activities is Received in exchange for supplying goods and services in order to raise funds and is recognised when entitlement has occurred.

f) Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred, split between unrestricted and restricted funds. An analysis of restricted funds is detailed in note 20.

Expenditure on raising funds comprises those costs associated with attracting donations and legacies and the costs of other trading activities including the Charity's shops.

Expenditure on charitable activities comprises those costs incurred in the delivery of services to beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Governance costs are those associated with meeting the constitution and statutory requirements of the Charity including the audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity.

Identifiable direct costs are allocated between expenditure categories of the Statement of Financial Activities on an actual basis. All other costs are allocated on a departmental 'head count' basis.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

1. Accounting Policies (continued)

g) Freehold property

The Board have adopted a policy of revaluing freehold property as permitted by FRS 102. The Board have elected to conduct a periodic revaluation of the Charity’s properties. The properties held by the Charity were revalued in June 2023 by Brown & Co - Property and Business Consultants LLP.

Freehold property is not depreciated on the basis that it relates to properties which have a very long useful life and the residual value is likely to be not materially different from the carrying amount. Annual impairment reviews are carried out. Where a revalued property’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised as a revaluation decrease within the Statement of Financial Activities.

It is the policy of the Board to maintain all properties to a very high standard with all maintenance and refurbishment costs being charged to the Statement of Financial Activities.

h) Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Assets costing over £2,500 are capitalised.

i) Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost or valuation less estimated residual values of tangible fixed assets, excluding freehold property (see above), over their estimated useful lives using the following rates:

Leasehold property Over the period of thelease
Officefurniture andfittings 15% straightline
Carehomesfurniture 20% straightline
Computerequipment and software 331/3% straightline
Motor vehicles 25% straight line

The expenditure on furnishing new care homes is capitalised and depreciated over five years. Expenditure on the replacement of furniture, fixtures and fittings is written off in the year the cost is incurred.

j) Investments

Investments in unquoted securities are included at a valuation estimated by the Board. Any gains or losses arising on revaluation are included in the Statement of Financial Activities.

k) Leasing

Rentals payable and receivable under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

l) Pension schemes

Break operates two defined contribution schemes. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of Break in independently administered funds. The charge in the Statement of Financial Activities is the contribution payable by Break to the funds for the year.

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1. Accounting Policies (continued)

m) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity.

Designated funds are funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for particular purposes.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

n) Stock

The fair value of donated stock has not been included in these accounts on the basis that it is impractical to obtain a fair value due to the volume of low-value items received and the absence of detailed stock control systems and records. New goods purchased for sale within the shops are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

o) Redundancies

Where an obligation to make a redundancy or termination payment exists, the costs incurred by the Charity are accounted for on an accruals basis and included within employee benefits.

p) Taxation

The Charity is exempt from corporation tax as surplus income and gains are applied for charitable purposes.

q) Debtors and creditors

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.

r) Cash at bank

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

2. Income from donations and legacies

Unrestricted
£000
Designated
£000
Restricted
£000


Grants & donations
320
244
350
Government Grants:-
Service Delivery
-
-
670
Legacies
36
-
-
356
244
1,020		 2024
£000


914
670
36
1,620		 2023
£000
1,180
661
147
1,988

Income from grants and donations in 2022/23 was £1,180k, of which, £277k was attributable to unrestricted funds, £556k to designated funds and £347k to restricted funds. Service Delivery Government Grants are for the Staying Close Staying Connected project.

Income from government grants in 2022/23 was £661k, of which all was attributable to restricted funds.

Income from legacies in 2022/23 was £147k of which all was attributable to unrestricted funds.

3. Income from charitable activities

Unrestricted
£000
Designated
£000
Restricted
£000

Fees for care services
8,400
-
-
Housing income
3
-
557
Training income
6
-
-
8,409
-
557		 2024
£000


8,400
560
6
8,966		 2023
£000
7,339
419
(4)
7,754

Income from fees for care services in 2022/23 was £7,339k, of which, £7,327k was attributable to unrestricted funds, and £12k to restricted funds.

Income from housing income in 2022/23 was £419k, of which and £399k was attributable to restricted funds and £20k to unrestricted funds.

Income from training income in 2022/23 was (-£4k) of which all was attributable to unrestricted funds.

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4. Income from other trading activities

2024 2023
Unrestricted Unrestricted
£000 £000
Fundraising sale of new goods 2 8
Coffee van sales 14 10
Retail income – see analysis below 4,664 4,558
4,680 4,576

Included within Fundraising sale of new goods is £1k relating to designated income (2022/23 £7k)

Analysis of retail income
Retail income
*Sale of new goods
Insurance income (Note 6)
Retail costs
Surplus		 2024
£000
4,652
12
-		 £000
4,664
(4,107)
557		 2023
£000
£000
4,545
12
5
4,562
(3,741)
821		 2023
£000
£000
4,545
12
5
4,562
(3,741)
821
821

*All goods, except where stated above, sold in Break’s shops have been donated.

5. Income from investments

Unrestricted Unrestricted
2024 2023
£000 £000
Interest receivable 40 23

40		 23
6. Other income
Unrestricted Unrestricted
2024 2023
£000 £000
Miscellaneous income 1 5

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7. Analysis of expenditure by activity

31.03.2024
Charitable expenditure

Young people in care
Children with disabilities
Family support
Children at risk
Support services
Raising funds
Retail and other trading activities
Fundraising		 Direct
costs
£000

3,764
2,437
1,318
1,310
-
8,829
3,675
575
4,250
13,079		 Support
costs


£000
731
562
357
328
56
2,034
447
55
502
2,536		 2024
Total

£000

4,495
2,999
1,675
1,638
56
10,863
4,122
630
4,752
15,615		 2023
Total
£000
3,674
3,066
1,637
1,757
34
10,168
3,751
582
4,333
14,501

Charitable expenditure includes £1,606k attributed to restricted funds (2022/23 £1,705k) and £172k (2022/23 £309k) relating to designated funds, all other expenditure was unrestricted.

Expenditure on raising funds includes £Nil (2022/23 £Nil) attributed to restricted funds and £269k (2022/23 £297k) relating to designated funds, all other expenditure was unrestricted.

31.03.2023
Charitable expenditure

Young people in care
Children with disabilities
Family support
Children at risk
Support services
Raising funds
Retail and other trading activities
Fundraising		 Direct
costs
£000

3,006
2,537
1,265
1,422
-
8,230
3,374
535
3,909
12,139		 Support
costs


£000

668
529
372
335
34
1,938
377
47
424
2,362		 2023
Total

£000

3,674
3,066
1,637
1,757
34
10,168
3,751
582
4,333
14,501		 2022
Total
£000
2,985
2,701
1,635
1,731
88
9,140
3,515
667
4,182
13,322

Charitable expenditure includes £1,705k attributed to restricted funds (2021/22 £1,799k) and £309k (2021/22 £10k) relating to designated funds, all other expenditure was unrestricted.

Expenditure on raising funds includes £Nil (2021/22 £Nil) attributed to restricted funds and £297k (2021/22 £460k) relating to designated funds, all other expenditure was unrestricted

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Governance costs

Analysis of support costs
nterest payable


Governance costs (included within support costs below) comprise:
Salaries
Travel
Audit fees
Auditors’ remuneration for taxation and services
Other professional fees and support costs
Expenditure includes:
Depreciation (owned assets)
(Profit) / loss on disposal of assets
Operating lease rentals land and buildings
Auditors’ remuneration
Trustee indemnity insurance
Basis of allocation

Direct support costs
Operational management
Direct expenditure
Training
Head count
Maintenance
Direct expenditure
Central overheads
Head office establishment
Direct expenditure
Finance
Direct expenditure
Health and safety
Head count
Human resources
Head count
Information technology
Head count
Communications
Direct expenditure
Chief Executive’s office / governance
Direct expenditure
Total


On mortgages not wholly repayable within five years
2024
£000


32
4
15
-
3

54
15
-
901
15
2
2024

£000

540
274
202
1,016
213
269
137
328
186
187
200
1,520
2,536
2024
£000


13		 2023
£000
34
1
12
1
1
49
25
(4)
881
12
2
2023
£000
419
317
149


885
186
243
104
275
184
170
315
1,477
2,362
2023
£000
19

8. Analysis of support costs

  1. Interest payable

On mortgages not wholly repayable within five years

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10. Staff costs



Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension contributions and life insurance		 2024
£000


9,213
786
465

10,464		 2023
£000
8,455
733
437
9,625

The figure for staff costs includes taxable benefits of £28k in relation to life assurance (2022/23 £28k) The number of employees who received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs of more than £60,000 is as follows:

2024
 2023
No.
 No.
£60,000 to £69,999 3 3
£70,000 to £79,999 - 1
£80,000 to £89,999 1 -

The average number of employees, excluding Board members, during the year were:



Care
Retail
Fundraising
Administration		 2024
No.


256
146
7
42

451		 2023
No.
255
139
7
42
443

The average number of full time equivalents employed during 2024 was; Care 180 (2022/23 175); Retail 764 (2022/23 78); Fundraising 7 (2022/23 6); Administration 35 (2022/23 35)

Redundancy/termination payments of £156k (2022/23 £58k) were made in the year. No amounts were outstanding at the year end (2022/23 £Nil).

11. Trustees’ and key management personnel’s remuneration and expenses

No members of the Board received any remuneration during the year.

No members of the Board received expenses in the course of their duties during the year in respect of travelling and subsistence (2022/23 £Nil).

Key management personnel are considered to be the Chief Executive and the Executive team as detailed on Page 1. The total amount of employee benefits received by key personnel is £388k (2022/23 £418k).

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

12. Tangible fixed assets

Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2023
Additions
At 31 March 2024
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2024
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023		 Freehold
property
Leasehold
property
Furniture,
fixtures
and
fittings
Computer
equipment
and
software
£000
£000
£000
£000
3,400
359
685
178
440
-
-
-
3,840
359
685
178
-
338
683
178
~~-~~
8
1
-
-
346
684
178
3,840
13
1
-
3,400
21
2
-		 Motor
vehicles
£000
82
-
82
68
6
74
8
14		 Total
£000
4,704
440
5,144
1,267
15
1,282
3,862
3,437

All fixed assets are held for charitable purposes. All freehold property is non-depreciable.

The freehold properties were revalued in June 2023 by an independent registered Chartered Surveyor. The properties are valued on the basis of them being converted back to residential private dwellings except for two of the properties (Nelson Lodge and Morley House) which are valued on the basis of alternative use as offices. Expenditure to convert the properties for sale has been taken into account in the valuations. The Board have adopted a policy of revaluing freehold property as permitted by FRS 102 and will review the need for revaluation of the Charity’s properties on an annual basis. As at 31 March 2024, the Trustees consider the current valuations for property to be correct.

On an historical cost basis, the cost and depreciation of these freehold properties would have been as follows:

2024 2023
Cost Depreciation
 Cost
Depreciation
£000 £000
 £000
£000
Freehold property 4,113 706 3,673
630

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13. Fixed asset investments

Investment holdings
Unquoted
investments


£000
Market value at 1 April 2023
8
Market value at 31 March 2024
8
Unquoted investments

Subsidiary undertaking:
Break Trading Company Limited
Helpcards Holdings Limited
(0.67% holding)		 Total
2024

£000

8
8
2024

£000

-
8
8		 2023
£000
8
8
2023
£000
-
8
8

The investment of £100 in Break Trading Company Limited (01300043), a company incorporated in England, represents 100% of the issued share capital of that company. The company has remained dormant throughout the year. The aggregate amount of net assets attributable to Break is £Nil (2023/23 £Nil). As at 31 March 2024 the company owed £877 (2023/23 £877) to Break.

In the opinion of the Board, on the basis of income received, the value of the investments in Helpcards Holdings Limited is unchanged from 2023/23.

14. Stocks

2024
 2023
£000
 £000
Retail goods for resale 1 -

15. Debtors


Trade debtors
Accrued income
Other debtors
Prepayments		 2024
£000


885
410
152
240
1,687		 2023
£000
596
296
130
211
1,233

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16. Cash in bank and in hand

reditors: amounts falling due within one year

Current accounts
Treasury and other deposits
Cash in hand and imprest accounts

Mortgages
Trade creditors
Social security and other taxes
Accruals
Deferred income
Other creditors
Secured creditors included above are as follows:
Mortgages: Secured by fixed charges over the Charity’s freehold
properties
Deferred income included above is as follows:
Brought forward
Released during the year
Deferred during the year
Carried forward		 2024
£000


208
464
38
710
2024
£000


40
383
198
165
111
87
984
40
-
-
111
111		 2023
£000
105
1,496
37
1,638
2023
£000
45
235
158
185
-
62
685
45
1
(1)
-
-

17. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Deferred income relates to grant income deferred to the period in which delivery and expenditure will occur.

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18. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year



Mortgages: secured by fixed charges over the Charity’s freehold properties
Mortgages are analysed as follows:
Between one and two years
Between two and five years
Over five years
Within one year		 2024
£000


163
43
51
69
163
40
203		 2023
£000
202
46
80
81
202
45
247

Mortgages include a loan of £292k drawn from Lloyds Bank plc in September 2011 repayable over 15 years at a variable rate of 2.25% above the Bank of England Base Rate, a loan of £176k drawn from Lloyds Bank plc in June 2013 repayable over 10 years at a variable rate of 2.34% above the Bank of England Base Rate (repaid in the year) and a loan of £166.5k drawn from Lloyds Bank plc in April 2019 repayable over 15 years at a fixed rate of 4.58%. The loans are secured on various freehold properties.

19. Operating lease commitments

The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:


Not later than 1 year
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years
Later than 5 years		 Land &
buildings
2024

£000

452
655
332
1,439		 Land &
buildings
2023
£000

538
977
400
1,915		 Motor
vehicles
2024

£000

161
230
-
391		 Motor
vehicles
2023
£000
103
152
-
294

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

20. Funds

2023/24


Restricted Funds
Centre funds
SCSC
Young Persons Celebration
Norwich Consolidated Charities
Staying on Track
Fostering Futures
Mentoring
Make a dream
Opportunities Team
Designated Funds
Wellbeing & Services Added
Value(My Break 50)
Commercial Development
Apprenticeships
Cambridge Trail
Go-Go Discover
Standing Tall Trail
Go-Go Break
Building repairs
Unrestricted Funds
Revaluation reserve
General Funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total Funds		 Balance
as at
01.04.23
£000

17
3
1
14
32
-
1
-
47
115
51
200
102
91
-
38
176
150
808
662
3,844
4,506
5,314
5,429		 Income
Expenditure
£000
£000
9
(18)
1,231
(1,168)
-
-
-
(12)
89
(91)
93
(92)
9
(23)
18
(4)
128
(198)
1,577
(1,606)
-
(20)
-
-
-
(16)
-
-
110
(51)
135
(218)
-
(136)
-
-
245
(441)
-
-
13,485
(13,568)
13,485
(13,568)
13,730
(14,009)
15,307
(15,615)		 Transfers
Balance as
at 31.03.24
£000
£000
-
8
1
67
-
1
-
2
-
30
(1)
-
13
-
-
14
21
(2)
34
120
-
31
(150)
50
-
86
-
91
(34)
25
-
(45)
-
40
-
150
(184)
428
-
662
150
3,911
150
4,573
(34)
5,004
-
5,121		 Transfers
Balance as
at 31.03.24
£000
£000
-
8
1
67
-
1
-
2
-
30
(1)
-
13
-
-
14
21
(2)
34
120
-
31
(150)
50
-
86
-
91
(34)
25
-
(45)
-
40
-
150
(184)
428
-
662
150
3,911
150
4,573
(34)
5,004
-
5,121
120
31
50
86
91
25
(45)
40
150
428
662
3,911
4,573
5,004
5,121

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Transfers Between funds 2023/24

During the year transfers were made between funds as follows:-.

Mentoring and Opportunities team – Funds transferred from the Designated Go-Go Discover fund to cover shortfall of income in service. SCSC and Fostering futures transfer to cover costs included in cost centre.

Commercial Development – £150k has been transferred to unrestricted funds to fund the costs of the Suffolk solo service start up in the year.

Go-Go Discover – These funds have been used to support Mentoring and Opportunities as above.

Transfers Between funds 2022/23

During the year transfers were made between funds as follows:-.

SCSC, Education Officer and Opportunities – Funds transferred from the Designated Go-Go Discover fund to cover shortfall of income in service.

Commercial Development – £150k has been transferred from unrestricted funds to fund future tender and bid support.

Go-Go Discover – These funds have been used to support SCSC, Education Officer and Opportunities as above, with the balance then transferred into the Go-Go Break fund.

– Building Repairs £52k has been transferred from unrestricted funds to cover future repair costs across the organisations buildings.

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Funds (continued)

2022/23


Restricted Funds
Centre funds
SCSC
Young Persons Celebration
Norwich Consolidated Charities
Staying on Track
Fostering Futures
Education Officer
Mentoring
Make a dream
Opportunities Team
Designated Funds
Wellbeing & Services Added
Value(My Break 50)
Organisational Well-being
Adding Value (Go-Go Hares)
Commercial Development
Apprenticeships
Cambridge Trail
Charms Development
Go-Go Discover
Standing Tall Trail
Go-Go Break
Building repairs
Unrestricted Funds
Revaluation reserve
General Funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total Funds		 Balance
as at
01.04.22
£000

18
4
3
19
37
74
-
-
-
101
256
32
10
28
50
125
91
13
53
-
240
152
794
635
4,248
4,883
5,677
5,933		 Income
Expenditure
£000
£000
29
(30)
1,047
(1,160)
-
(2)
-
(5)
85
(90)
43
(117)
17
(20)
21
(20)
15
(15)
162
(246)
1,419
(1,705)
-
(19)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(23)
-
-
-
(13)
469
(241)
94
(56)
-
(200)
-
(54)
563
(606)
-
-
12,364
(12,190)
12,364
(12,190)
12,927
(12,796)
14,346
(14,501)		 Transfers
Valuation
Losses
Balance as
at 31.03.23
£000
£000
£000
-
-
17
112
-
3
-
-
1
-
-
14
-
-
32
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
30
-
47
145
-
115
38
-
51
(10)
-
-
(28)
-
-
150
-
200
-
-
102
-
-
91
-
-
-
(281)
-
-
-
-
38
136
-
176
52
-
150
57
-
808
-
27
662
(202)
(376)
3,844
(202)
(349)
4,506
(145)
(349)
5,314
-
(349)
5,429		 Transfers
Valuation
Losses
Balance as
at 31.03.23
£000
£000
£000
-
-
17
112
-
3
-
-
1
-
-
14
-
-
32
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
30
-
47
145
-
115
38
-
51
(10)
-
-
(28)
-
-
150
-
200
-
-
102
-
-
91
-
-
-
(281)
-
-
-
-
38
136
-
176
52
-
150
57
-
808
-
27
662
(202)
(376)
3,844
(202)
(349)
4,506
(145)
(349)
5,314
-
(349)
5,429
115
51
-
-
200
102
91
-
-
38
176
150
808
662
3,844
4,506
5,314
5,429

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

Restricted Funds

Centre funds - relates to all income restricted to spending on equipment etc. at the various care homes.

Staying Close Staying Connected (SCSC) - a programme funded by the Department for Education to provide housing and support for care leavers.

Young Persons' Celebration - grants from the A Boswell CT and the Ardwick Trust to support the YP's Celebration in 2023.

Norwich Consolidated Charities - Grant for a housing support worker in Norwich.

Staying on Track - a grant from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation to provide an emotional well-being service to young people aged 18 - 24.

Fostering Futures - a CHK funded project providing housing and support to foster care leavers.

Make a Dream - Project originally funded by the Free masons giving service users the chance to live out their dreams, funded from funds raised in the year.

Mentoring and Opportunities funds are specific funding received to carry out services in these areas.

Designated Funds

Wellbeing and Service added value fund, provides wellbeing activities to staff throughout the organisation and added value to young people in services by accessing additional activities and resources outside statutory funding.

Commercial Development - a fund set up to provide start-up funding for innovative income generating projects.

Apprenticeships - a fund to create apprenticeship opportunities for our young people.

Cambridge Trail - a fund to provide development funding for the 2023 Cambridge Sculpture Trail and from the proceeds of the trail to invest in care services in Cambridgeshire.

Standing Tall Trail – a fund for the current live trail in Cambridge, funds to be transferred to the above fund once trail complete in summer of 2024.

Go-Go Discover - for income and expenditure for the future Go-Go Discover Trail.

Go-Go Break (Go-Go Hares renamed) - the profits of the Go-Go Trails used to support young people leaving care and services adding value to the organisation.

Building repairs - this fund has been created to set aside monies for major works to properties such as boiler replacement and roof repairs.

21. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
£000
£000
£000
Tangible fixed assets
3,862
-
-
Investments
8
-
-
Current assets
1,850
428
120
Current liabilities
(984)
-
-
Long-term liabilities
(163)
-
-
Total net assets
4,573
428
120		 Total
£000
3,862
8
2,398
(984)
(163)
5,121

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2024

2022/23
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
£000
£000
£000
Tangible fixed assets
3,437
-
-
Investments
8
-
-
Current assets
1,948
808
115
Current liabilities
(685)
-
-
Long-term liabilities
(202)
-
-
Total net assets
4,506
808
115		 Total
£000
3,437
8
2,871
(685)
(202)
5,429

22. Company status

Break is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. Each of the 9 (2022/23 - 13) members undertakes to contribute such amounts (not exceeding £10) as may be required in the event of a winding up.

23. Reconciliation of net expenditure to net cash flow from operating activities



Net deficit for the year
Interest receivable
Interest payable
Profit on disposal of tangible assets
Depreciation
Increase in stock
Increase in debtors
Increase in creditors
Net cash flow from operating activities		 2024
£000


(308)
(40)
13
-
15
(1)
(454)
304

(471)		 2023
£000
(155)
(23)
19
(4)
25
-
(237)
104
(271)

24. Analysis of changes of net debt

At start of Other At end of
year Cash flows changes year
£000 £000 £000 £000
Cash 142 104 - 246
Cash equivalents 1,496 (1,032) - 464
Loans falling due within 1 year (45) 5 - (40)
Loans falling due after more than 1 year (202) 39 - (163)
Total net assets 1,391 (884) - 507

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25. Pension and other post-retirement benefits

Defined contribution plans

The Charity operates a defined contribution pension plan for its employees. The amount recognised as an expense in the period was £431k (2022/23 £408k). At the year end £60k (2022/23 £50k) was payable to the scheme.

26. Contingent liability

On the retirement of two of the founders of Break in late 2002 and early 2003, the Charity entered into separate agreements with the retiring founders. Under the agreements, annual indexed linked payments of £3,500 were to be paid for life, with an additional 50% annual payment to the surviving spouse for their lifetime. This additional payment commenced in April 2017 upon the death of one of the retired founders. The current annual payment for the surviving spouse is £7,010 (2022/23 £7,010) per annum (as adjusted for inflationary increases). Based on standard actuarial assumptions, Break calculates the value of the future potential liability at £61k as at 31 March 2024 (2022/23 £68k).

This arrangement has been agreed by the Charity Commission.

27. Contingent Asset

Post year end a legacy payment has been received of £160,080. On the 4[th] January 2024 we were informed that we were a named charity in the will, but no Estate value was given. The payment was notified to us on the 9[th] May 2024.

28. Related party transactions

During the year the Charity received sponsorship income of £Nil (2022/23 £7,000) towards the current Trail from the Aspiration Europe Limited, owned 100% by Mrs A Ovens, who was a Trustee of Break. There is £Nil (2022/23 £Nil) due from the company as at 31 March 2024. Mrs A Ovens resigned as a Trustee on 17[th] July 2023.

H Walker, spouse of R Cowdry, Chief Executive Officer (and a member of key management personnel), is employed by the Charity as a Grants and Growth Co-ordinator. H Walker's appointment was made in open competition and R Cowdry was not involved in the decision-making process regarding appointment. H Walker is paid within the normal pay scale for her role and receives no special treatment as a result of her relationship to the Chief Executive Officer.

29. Financial instruments

The carrying amounts of the Charity's financial instruments are as follows:

2024
 2023
£000
 £000
Financial assets
Equity instruments measured at cost less impairment:
Fixed asset unlisted investments 8 8

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